| @node chown |
| @section @code{chown} |
| @findex chown |
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| POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/chown.html} |
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| Gnulib module: chown |
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| Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: |
| @itemize |
| @item |
| Some platforms fail to detect trailing slash on non-directories, as in |
| @code{chown("link-to-file/",uid,gid)}: |
| FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, Solaris 9. |
| @item |
| Some platforms fail to update the change time when at least one |
| argument was not @minus{}1, but no ownership changes resulted: |
| OpenBSD 4.0. |
| @item |
| When passed an argument of @minus{}1, some implementations really set the owner |
| user/group id of the file to this value, rather than leaving that id of the |
| file alone. |
| @item |
| When applied to a symbolic link, some implementations don't dereference |
| the symlink, i.e.@: they behave like @code{lchown}. |
| @item |
| This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement |
| always fails with @code{ENOSYS}: |
| mingw, MSVC 14. |
| @end itemize |
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| Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: |
| @itemize |
| @end itemize |
